Taro, taro, taro

To say that taro does not loom large in most Americans’ culinary universe would be an understatement. Yet taro is eaten my millions of people around the world and is…

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Life versus Blog

Things are moving fast here.  We are back in Mexico, will live in Mexico City not Queretaro, and have a complicated move coming up in the next few days.  That…

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Serving couscous in Mexico in the 1800s

So how were the wheat couscous and the maize couscous (remember this is not sweet corn nor even cornmeal but essentially a crumbled tamal of maiz that has been treated…

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